part-deserted

Updated: July 29, 2025

I went through a frowning gorge of rocks to the part-deserted kraal, and found him sitting at his beer with three native courtiers. He was a tall West-countryman, with a ragged dark beard. His khaki was badly stained, and his hair was poking through his hat. He spoke the tongue of this southern country most volubly.

Arthur Shearly Cripps - Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales